‘Bones’ Jones to Defend Light Heavyweight Title against Dan Henderson at UFC 151

Jon
Jones will defend his light heavyweight title for the fourth
time at UFC
151.

“Bones” will square off with former Strikeforce
champion Dan
Henderson at the Sept. 1 event, according to a statement
recently released by promotion officials. UFC 151 will take place
in Las Vegas, though a specific venue for the show has not yet been
announced.

Jones captured the
UFC light heavyweight crown in March of last year, finishing
Mauricio
Rua via third-round technical knockout at UFC
128. The 24-year-old would go on to successfully defend his
title twice more in 2011, forcing Quinton
Jackson to tap out to a rear-naked choke in September before
putting Lyoto
Machida to sleep with a standing guillotine in December. Most
recently, Jones bested former training partner Rashad
Evans, cruising to a unanimous decision last month at UFC
145 in Atlanta.

Despite compiling one of MMA’s most impressive resumes in nearly 15
years as a professional, Henderson has never held a UFC world
title. The former two-division
Pride Fighting Championships titlist rides a four-fight winning
streak heading into his upcoming title shot. After dispatching
Rafael
Cavalcante to capture the Strikeforce lightweight title last
spring, “Hendo” stopped former Pride heavyweight ruler Fedor
Emelianenko in July before edging Rua in a “Fight of the Year”
nominee this past November at UFC
139.